Optical connector and method of producing optical connector

An optical connector comprising:

• an optical fiber extending along a connecting direction;
• a housing in a tubular shape, the housing including a first opening and a second opening directed to one side and another side in the connecting direction;
• a ferrule configured to retain the optical fiber, the ferrule having a light incidence-emission part optically coupled to a corresponding connector;
• a pin keeper configured to retain a guide pin to be inserted into the ferrule;
• an elastic body configured to press the ferrule together with the pin keeper along the connecting direction;
• and
• a support member fixed with the second opening covered, the support member being configured to support the elastic body in an inside of the housing, wherein
• the support member has an insertion hole into which the optical fiber is insertable from an intersecting direction intersecting with the connecting direction,
• in the inside of the housing, the ferrule, the pin keeper, and the elastic body are movably disposed in turn from the first opening to the second opening in the connecting direction,
• the light incidence-emission part is exposed from the first opening, and
• the optical fiber extends from the insertion hole of the support member covering the second opening.